Volume 51 - Article 36 | Pages 1125–1166
Educational trends in cohort fertility by birth order: A comparison of England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland
By Bernice Kuang, Ann Berrington, Sarah Christison, Hill Kulu
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